Hacking group "Lizard Squad" bring down Twitch today as part of their ongoing DDoSing efforts. Pretty unreal. Very strange seeing an empty sidebar.
https://twitter.com/LizardSquad/status/504422744868798465
Over the past 4 days or so, they have brought down Xbox Live, BNet, PSN.. the list goes on.
Hacking group "Lizard Squad" bring down Twitch today as part of their ongoing DDoSing efforts. Pretty unreal. Very strange seeing an empty sidebar.
https://twitter.com/LizardSquad/status/504422744868798465
Over the past 4 days or so, they have brought down Xbox Live, BNet, PSN.. the list goes on.
HEY GUYS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO US
HEY GUYS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO US
probably renting a russian botnet by the hour
probably renting a russian botnet by the hour
So that's why the sidebar is like that
So that's why the sidebar is like that
are they doing anything more impressive/less scriptkiddie than just ddosing?
are they doing anything more impressive/less scriptkiddie than just ddosing?
professional hackers on the loose look out kiddos
professional hackers on the loose look out kiddos
Maybe if I garner enough negative attention in my life it will make up for all the positive attention I never received!
Maybe if I garner enough negative attention in my life it will make up for all the positive attention I never received!
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Rickits bape
[quote=Rick]its bape[/quote]
Anybody got the A-team's phone number by chance?
Anybody got the A-team's phone number by chance?
what a bunch of rapscallions
what a bunch of rapscallions
does anyone know if blaze has twitter?
does anyone know if blaze has twitter?
quit messing with the runescape servers
quit messing with the runescape servers
damn, lizard squad sounds terrifying as fuck
damn, lizard squad sounds terrifying as fuck
grc manages to stream what a god
grc manages to stream what a god
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How do you go about preventing DDoSing on your servers?
How do you go about preventing DDoSing on your servers?
They just ddosd path of exile servers a few days ago too :(
They just ddosd path of exile servers a few days ago too :(
Who the fuck makes a group and names it Lizard Squad?
They have to be 13 and high as fuck.
Who the fuck makes a group and names it Lizard Squad?
They have to be 13 and high as fuck.
kaiserRegHow do you go about preventing DDoSing on your servers?
Short answer is you can't, it's just a flood of network traffic intended to overwhelm your servers' ability to handle it.
More detailed answer: buy more servers in different locations and balance loads between them, upgrade to bigger connections, if you're running an application server (e.g. a login server for a service) then filter traffic from places like VPS hosts that your users won't be connecting from (still won't help if you're being attacked by a botnet of compromised home PCs or routers or the like)... you can use services like CloudFlare as well, though I've seen that cause plenty of connection issues on its own... still, it really just comes down to having enough power and redundancy to outlast the attack. Lizard Squad tried hitting Steam the other day and failed miserably because there were just too many servers with connections too large for them to take a more than a fraction down.
For protecting yourself as an individual, it mainly comes down to not letting your IP out to people you don't trust -- a residential connection isn't gonna hold up against an attack, but unlike a website or other web service, you can't just plug in your name and get the address to attack. So, if you run Skype keep it on a VPN or proxy, make sure you're hiding your IP if you're using IRC, use a VPN/proxy/TOR when loading shady websites, etc.
[quote=kaiserReg]How do you go about preventing DDoSing on your servers?[/quote]
Short answer is you can't, it's just a flood of network traffic intended to overwhelm your servers' ability to handle it.
More detailed answer: buy more servers in different locations and balance loads between them, upgrade to bigger connections, if you're running an application server (e.g. a login server for a service) then filter traffic from places like VPS hosts that your users won't be connecting from (still won't help if you're being attacked by a botnet of compromised home PCs or routers or the like)... you can use services like CloudFlare as well, though I've seen that cause plenty of connection issues on its own... still, it really just comes down to having enough power and redundancy to outlast the attack. Lizard Squad tried hitting Steam the other day and failed miserably because there were just too many servers with connections too large for them to take a more than a fraction down.
For protecting yourself as an individual, it mainly comes down to not letting your IP out to people you don't trust -- a residential connection isn't gonna hold up against an attack, but unlike a website or other web service, you can't just plug in your name and get the address to attack. So, if you run Skype keep it on a VPN or proxy, make sure you're hiding your IP if you're using IRC, use a VPN/proxy/TOR when loading shady websites, etc.
Lizard squad sounds like a cheap childrens show on animal planet
Lizard squad sounds like a cheap childrens show on animal planet
Please, if Ash and Pikachu could deal with those Squirtle Squad fools, we should be able to deal with these guys.
Please, if Ash and Pikachu could deal with those Squirtle Squad fools, we should be able to deal with these guys.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/pNAzJ5c.png[/img]
It's sad that people have actually written on their heads in Sharpie to try and stop this. You don't stop whiny children by stuffing their face with more candy >.>.
It's sad that people have actually written on their heads in Sharpie to try and stop this. You don't stop whiny children by stuffing their face with more candy >.>.